Saw the Engineering sample today. Unfortunately I forgot to check the battery on my Digital camera before leaving and it ran out after the 1st flash picture here:
The unit looks just like a 8100 but with some improvement (in my opinion).
The optical drive have been moved to the left, no more ejecting disc tray right into your mouse. The USB port are now 2 on each side and they are all the way back on the left and half way on the right (would have prefer them all the way back on the right also but it's better then towards the front as on the 8100s). The Wifi and Bluetooth button are now sliding switches so you wouldn't turn them off/on accidentally. The Camera will rotate to face the backof the lid so you can use it to capture picture and videos in additonal to video chat. The biggest improvement that I notice is the screen brightness, it will go about 3-4 step brighter than my 8100.
The sample unit is fully loaded. Yonah 2.0, 2GB, 120GB Seagate, 512MB X1600 (NOT KIDDING!) and everything else that you would find on a 8100 .I don't know what will eventually end up in production units so don't hold me to it.
I didn't get a chance to run any benchmark on it but I may hear something by tomorrow but take any result with a grain of salt as this is not a final production unit.
The unit looks just like a 8100 but with some improvement (in my opinion).
The optical drive have been moved to the left, no more ejecting disc tray right into your mouse. The USB port are now 2 on each side and they are all the way back on the left and half way on the right (would have prefer them all the way back on the right also but it's better then towards the front as on the 8100s). The Wifi and Bluetooth button are now sliding switches so you wouldn't turn them off/on accidentally. The Camera will rotate to face the backof the lid so you can use it to capture picture and videos in additonal to video chat. The biggest improvement that I notice is the screen brightness, it will go about 3-4 step brighter than my 8100.
The sample unit is fully loaded. Yonah 2.0, 2GB, 120GB Seagate, 512MB X1600 (NOT KIDDING!) and everything else that you would find on a 8100 .I don't know what will eventually end up in production units so don't hold me to it.
I didn't get a chance to run any benchmark on it but I may hear something by tomorrow but take any result with a grain of salt as this is not a final production unit.
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). Since we are in a restaurant envoirment and on battery, I can't hear any fan noise.
Of course it'd have to be bright, and it sounds like this is. Sounds like a winner (although I'd like it more if it were still slot loaded... oh well, I'd give that up any day to fit a 512MB X1600.)
